The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-11
NUMBER 70.

nishes pure water throughout the prem
ises and perfect fire protection. The
Hotel PhoaniN. Saratoga Carleton and
other establishments, not remembered.
afford excellent board for at least roo
winter visitors. Your scribe was the
guest Of the Saratoga Hotel. which i'm
the absence of the proprietor, IN admir-
his amiable spouse.
WATER WORKS.
The town is amply supplied with good
drinking water and for all other pur-
poses. drawn from a subterranean stream
ten miles distant IL is pumped into
a capaclous reservoir ON the Heights
and distributed in the usual man
ner throughout the tallest structures
in the city. The flow Is inexhausti-
bile. With full pressure a three-inch
stream can be- thrown over the loftiest
pinnacle of the Putnam House.
THE GROWTH or THE CITY.
This has been most remarkable. Dur
ing the past two years, by actual count,
522 houses have been erected, including
twenty-four elegant business blocks,
containing siNty-five store rooms and
PA offices. These are from two Ia
three stories high and very handsome.
The total cost of the latter alone was
over 81, 900 600. The block of the Flor
ida Southern embraces immense ware
houses. with side track running It's en-
tire length and II an ornament Ia the
city.
Several of the private residences are
really magnihcent-notably those of
Mai. Conant, General Manager Of the
Florida Southern Railway. and Mr., =. j.
Kennerly, the proprietor of the Putnam
House.
THE BOARD or TRADE,
organized less than two months ago, now
numbers l25 members, representing
every business house in the city, and
subdivided into fourteen standing COM
mittees, who have charge respectively
of the varied interests of the community.
The President, Martin Griffin, Esq. IL "A
capitalist of enlarged views and great
enterprise, while the energetic and la
borious Secretary, =. u. Hammond, In
eminently qualified for the position he
occupies. On its roll may be found
such sterling citizeus ns Maj. :. Conant,
w. ID. Vinegar, IA. l.. Hart, NJ. Loeb,
Charles Underwood, NJ. Haughton, T..
T. Lane, w. +. Forward, c. +. Deve-
reux, ". j. White. w. w. Mitchell and
others equally worthy whose names
cannot be recalled.
The Board is already n permanent in
stitution and most important factor for
good to this entire regioI.. The move
ment To make this city the Southern ter
minus of the Clyde Line is theirs, and
practical steps have been taken also 10
encourage immigration, and for the con-
struction of "A
BEAUTIFUL DRIVE WAY,
which will take in every point of inter
est i'm and around the city, on the river
and upon the ad iacent Heights" The
estimated cost of this magnificent boule-
ward will be 1000, of which $1,000 has
already been contributed. When com
pletsd this will greatly add 10 the at
fractions of Palatka in the eye of the in
valid and tourist. The Board In also adj
vertising their town extensively, and
propose soon 10 issue pamphlet setting
forth its peculiar advantages I'm an edi-
tion of 10000 copies.
MANUFACTuRIN0 ENTERPRJsEs
Negotiations. we learn. are ON foot for
the erection of cigar factory, two eN-
tensiye saw mills, and a large plant for
the manufacture of commercial fertili-
zers. Two brickyards also i'm the vicin-
ity VIII shortly supply an abundance OF
building material. The clay In of bright
red color, and the brick fashioned from
il are particularly durable and hand
some.
An ENTERPRIsINo CITIZEN.
Col. IL. l.. Hart, of steamboat and or
ange growing rcnown, In addition 10 his
home operations, IL about 10 put ON "A
line of two steamers TO ply between kis-
simmee City, Charlotte Harbor and Fort
Myers. He is the owner Of 5000 bearing
orange trees, and is emphatically self
made and most deserving citizen.
THE PALATKA PRESS
comes fully up 20 the requirements Of
the situation. THE DAILY NEWS says IL
has come 10 stay, and really publishes a
live and enterprising sheet. We wish
! our brethren all the success they no
richly deserve. In fine, Palatka is strong
i'm the affections and good sense of her
worthy citizens, and in far-reaching en-
terprises, sagacity and solid work n the
peer of any city of double the population
IN the Union. The Morning Neics IN great
ly appreciated here, and Its roll of sub
scribers constantly increasing.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS.
| The writer paused only for brief sea-
son at this charming health resort-not
! long enough Ia visit It's lions and do JUS
tice to the pretty town, which Is the seat
Of Justice for Clay County. This must
| be reserved for another occasion, suffice
! il to say that finer moss-covered virgin
! groves and deeper, greener 'bosky dellE,
! where love-lorn couples delight 10 llnger,
are not 10 be found ON the continent.
DhusT iit IbDlib' Ruihhh''i hoW'N'if "
the courtly mayor.
HOS, II. ". BEMIs,
we did, however, take a short stroll 10
the noble spring and its lovely surround
ings and formed the acquaintance of
several citizens. Among them was the
proprietor of the st. Clair Hotel, and "A
large general store, Mr.. Theodore Il.
Edgerton, who has resided in Florida
for twenty years, and is a relative Of the
late Col Edgerton Brown, Of Macon.
We also exchanged greeting with Mr..
George n. Bardin, for many years the
popular clerk of the Circuit Court, and
an old friend, Jasper Green, formerly Of
Macon. These are all readers and admir-
ers of the Morning Neics. Rut time
is up" and here the writer takes un-
ceremonious leave of his patient reader.
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